Samsung I405 Stratosphere / SCH-I405 / Galaxy Metrix 4G / SCH-I405U

usability, price, battery, screen, size

performance, reliability, portability, apps

65% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

4G LTE support. Clear voice quality. Roomy five-row QWERTY keyboard.

Bulky. Ancient, sluggish Gingerbread OS. U.S. Cellular's LTE network is very limited for now.

Multimedia, Camera, and Conclusions There's 2.15GB of available internal storage, plus a microSD card slot underneath the battery cover that accepts 32GB cards; Samsung throws in a 4GB card, and my own 32GB SanDisk card worked fine. A standard-size...

Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system, 1GHz single core processor, 4 inches display screen, 5MP Primary Camera, 1.3MP Secondary Camera

It was really nice to get such a nice phone without a contract. I like the slide out keyboard as I find typing on the screen difficult. The larger keyboard on this phone is so much better than my blackberry. I purchased this phone to replace my...

If I'm listening to the radio the battery doesn't last very long, just a few hours, maybe a half day. I've been able to get through the whole day by keeping it plugged in. There is a larger battery available (which I've ordered and maybe that will...